North West Monthly Backdated Series

Labour Force Survey
Unemployment Number and Rate Estimates
Backdated Quarterly Series - April 1992 to January 2006
For All Persons, Males and Females Economically Active Aged 16 and Over
Seasonally Adjusted

Data Month⁽¹⁾
3 Months Ending⁽¹⁾
Males
Unemployed
Females
Unemployed
All Persons
Unemployed
Number (thousands)
%
Number (thousands)
%
Number (thousands)
%

2006 Jan
2006 Feb
88
5.0
72
4.6
161
4.8
2005 Dec
2006 Jan
91
5.1
70
4.5
161
4.8
2005 Nov
2005 Dec
93
5.3
67
4.3
160
4.8
2005 Oct
2005 Nov
88
5.0
68
4.3
156
4.7
2005 Sep
2005 Oct
89
5.0
66
4.2
155
4.6
2005 Aug
2005 Sep
88
5.0
61
3.9
149
4.4
2005 Jul
2005 Aug
96
5.4
61
3.9
157
4.7
2005 Jun
2005 Jul
85
4.8
60
3.9
145
4.3
2005 May
2005 Jun
86
4.8
61
3.9
147
4.4
2005 Apr
2005 May
85
4.8
61
4.0
147
4.4
2005 Mar
2005 Apr
87
4.9
69
4.4
156
4.7
2005 Feb
2005 Mar
91
5.1
67
4.3
159
4.8
2005 Jan
2005 Feb
91
5.1
69
4.4
159
4.8
2004 Dec
2005 Jan
87
4.9
65
4.2
152
4.5
2004 Nov
2004 Dec
90
5.0
65
4.2
155
4.6
2004 Oct
2004 Nov
91
5.1
61
4.0
152
4.6
2004 Sep
2004 Oct
87
4.9
62
4.0
148
4.5
2004 Aug
2004 Sep
86
4.9
59
3.8
146
4.4
2004 Jul
2004 Aug
83
4.7
61
4.0
144
4.3
2004 Jun
2004 Jul
82
4.6
68
4.4
150
4.5
2004 May
2004 Jun
81
4.6
65
4.2
146
4.4
2004 Apr
2004 May
81
4.6
66
4.3
147
4.5
2004 Mar
2004 Apr
86
4.9
61
4.0
147
4.5
2004 Feb
2004 Mar
85
4.8
63
4.1
149
4.5
2004 Jan
2004 Feb
89
5.0
63
4.1
152
4.6
2003 Dec
2004 Jan
97
5.5
63
4.1
160
4.9
2003 Nov
2003 Dec
94
5.3
61
4.0
155
4.7
2003 Oct
2003 Nov
96
5.4
65
4.2
161
4.9
2003 Sep
2003 Oct
93
5.3
65
4.3
158
4.8
2003 Aug
2003 Sep
96
5.4
66
4.4
162
4.9
2003 Jul
2003 Aug
97
5.4
64
4.2
160
4.9
2003 Jun
2003 Jul
100
5.6
63
4.2
163
4.9
2003 May
2003 Jun
101
5.7
62
4.1
163
5.0
2003 Apr
2003 May
101
5.6
62
4.1
163
5.0
2003 Mar
2003 Apr
99
5.6
63
4.2
163
5.0
2003 Feb
2003 Mar
98
5.5
63
4.2
161
4.9
2003 Jan
2003 Feb
100
5.6
61
4.1
161
4.9
2002 Dec
2003 Jan
94
5.3
59
4.0
153
4.7
2002 Nov
2002 Dec
99
5.6
62
4.2
161
4.9
2002 Oct
2002 Nov
101
5.7
63
4.2
164
5.0
2002 Sep
2002 Oct
106
6.0
67
4.5
174
5.3
2002 Aug
2002 Sep
112
6.4
66
4.5
179
5.5
2002 Jul
2002 Aug
108
6.2
69
4.6
177
5.5
2002 Jun
2002 Jul
104
6.1
68
4.6
172
5.4
2002 May
2002 Jun
108
6.3
70
4.7
179
5.5
2002 Apr
2002 May
111
6.4
68
4.5
178
5.5
2002 Mar
2002 Apr
118
6.8
66
4.4
184
5.7
2002 Feb
2002 Mar
112
6.5
61
4.1
172
5.4
2002 Jan
2002 Feb
105
6.0
59
4.0
164
5.1
2001 Dec
2002 Jan
106
6.1
65
4.4
171
5.3
2001 Nov
2001 Dec
106
6.2
66
4.4
172
5.4
2001 Oct
2001 Nov
108
6.2
65
4.4
173
5.4
2001 Sep
2001 Oct
103
6.0
61
4.2
164
5.2
2001 Aug
2001 Sep
100
5.8
63
4.3
163
5.1
2001 Jul
2001 Aug
106
6.1
64
4.4
170
5.3
2001 Jun
2001 Jul
105
6.0
65
4.4
170
5.3
2001 May
2001 Jun
107
6.1
64
4.3
171
5.3
2001 Apr
2001 May
108
6.2
62
4.2
170
5.3
2001 Mar
2001 Apr
102
5.9
65
4.4
167
5.2
2001 Feb
2001 Mar
100
5.7
67
4.6
167
5.2
2001 Jan
2001 Feb
104
6.0
69
4.7
173
5.4
2000 Dec
2001 Jan
106
6.1
66
4.5
171
5.3
2000 Nov
2000 Dec
102
5.9
69
4.7
170
5.3
2000 Oct
2000 Nov
105
6.1
68
4.7
174
5.5
2000 Sep
2000 Oct
105
6.1
75
5.1
180
5.6
2000 Aug
2000 Sep
103
5.9
69
4.7
172
5.4
2000 Jul
2000 Aug
100
5.7
63
4.3
163
5.1
2000 Jun
2000 Jul
94
5.4
63
4.3
157
4.9
2000 May
2000 Jun
104
5.9
67
4.6
171
5.3
2000 Apr
2000 May
104
5.9
73
5.1
177
5.5
2000 Mar
2000 Apr
112
6.3
73
5.1
185
5.8
2000 Feb
2000 Mar
121
6.8
73
5.0
193
6.0
2000 Jan
2000 Feb
134
7.5
71
4.9
205
6.4
1999 Dec
2000 Jan
131
7.4
73
5.0
203
6.3
1999 Nov
1999 Dec
121
6.8
72
5.0
192
6.0
1999 Oct
1999 Nov
120
6.8
72
5.0
192
6.0
1999 Sep
1999 Oct
125
7.1
72
5.0
196
6.1
1999 Aug
1999 Sep
132
7.5
69
4.8
201
6.3
1999 Jul
1999 Aug
129
7.4
68
4.8
198
6.2
1999 Jun
1999 Jul
133
7.6
66
4.6
199
6.3
1999 May
1999 Jun
131
7.5
67
4.7
198
6.3
1999 Apr
1999 May
133
7.6
68
4.8
201
6.3
1999 Mar
1999 Apr
137
7.9
73
5.1
210
6.7
1999 Feb
1999 Mar
138
8.0
72
5.1
210
6.6
1999 Jan
1999 Feb
143
8.2
74
5.2
217
6.9
1998 Dec
1999 Jan
152
8.7
78
5.4
230
7.2
1998 Nov
1998 Dec
148
8.5
74
5.2
222
7.0
1998 Oct
1998 Nov
145
8.3
70
4.9
215
6.8
1998 Sep
1998 Oct
144
8.3
69
4.8
212
6.7
1998 Aug
1998 Sep
141
8.1
70
4.9
211
6.6
1998 Jul
1998 Aug
146
8.3
73
5.1
219
6.9
1998 Jun
1998 Jul
138
8.0
74
5.2
212
6.7
1998 May
1998 Jun
139
8.1
76
5.4
215
6.9
1998 Apr
1998 May
133
7.8
76
5.4
209
6.7
1998 Mar
1998 Apr
125
7.3
75
5.3
200
6.4
1998 Feb
1998 Mar
132
7.6
78
5.5
210
6.7
1998 Jan
1998 Feb
129
7.4
76
5.4
205
6.5
1997 Dec
1998 Jan
130
7.5
80
5.7
209
6.7
1997 Nov
1997 Dec
136
7.8
81
5.7
217
6.9
1997 Oct
1997 Nov
140
8.0
83
5.9
223
7.1
1997 Sep
1997 Oct
146
8.4
83
5.9
229
7.3
1997 Aug
1997 Sep
146
8.4
82
5.8
228
7.2
1997 Jul
1997 Aug
150
8.6
85
6.0
235
7.4
1997 Jun
1997 Jul
152
8.7
82
5.8
234
7.4
1997 May
1997 Jun
147
8.4
78
5.5
225
7.1
1997 Apr
1997 May
149
8.5
70
4.9
219
6.9
1997 Mar
1997 Apr
151
8.6
76
5.3
226
7.1
1997 Feb
1997 Mar
147
8.4
74
5.2
221
6.9
1997 Jan
1997 Feb
151
8.6
84
5.9
235
7.4
1996 Dec
1997 Jan
152
8.7
84
5.9
237
7.4
1996 Nov
1996 Dec
154
8.8
87
6.1
241
7.6
1996 Oct
1996 Nov
157
9.0
84
5.9
241
7.6
1996 Sep
1996 Oct
161
9.2
83
5.8
243
7.7
1996 Aug
1996 Sep
166
9.5
80
5.7
246
7.8
1996 Jul
1996 Aug
167
9.6
82
5.8
249
7.9
1996 Jun
1996 Jul
174
10.0
87
6.2
262
8.3
1996 May
1996 Jun
178
10.2
89
6.2
267
8.4
1996 Apr
1996 May
183
10.4
87
6.1
270
8.5
1996 Mar
1996 Apr
181
10.4
85
6.0
267
8.4
1996 Feb
1996 Mar
183
10.5
82
5.9
266
8.5
1996 Jan
1996 Feb
184
10.5
82
5.8
266
8.4
1995 Dec
1996 Jan
184
10.6
82
5.8
267
8.4
1995 Nov
1995 Dec
185
10.6
79
5.6
264
8.4
1995 Oct
1995 Nov
192
11.1
91
6.5
283
9.0
1995 Sep
1995 Oct
186
10.7
94
6.7
280
8.9
1995 Aug
1995 Sep
185
10.5
103
7.4
288
9.1
1995 Jul
1995 Aug
182
10.4
100
7.2
283
9.0
1995 Jun
1995 Jul
182
10.4
101
7.2
283
9.0
1995 May
1995 Jun
186
10.6
99
7.1
285
9.0
1995 Apr
1995 May
189
10.8
95
6.8
284
9.0
1995 Mar
1995 Apr
197
11.2
95
6.7
292
9.2
1995 Feb
1995 Mar
192
10.9
92
6.6
284
9.0
1995 Jan
1995 Feb
195
11.0
96
6.8
290
9.1
1994 Dec
1995 Jan
198
11.2
96
6.9
294
9.3
1994 Nov
1994 Dec
204
11.5
94
6.6
298
9.3
1994 Oct
1994 Nov
209
11.7
95
6.7
304
9.5
1994 Sep
1994 Oct
224
12.5
103
7.2
328
10.2
1994 Aug
1994 Sep
221
12.4
104
7.3
325
10.1
1994 Jul
1994 Aug
226
12.7
107
7.4
333
10.3
1994 Jun
1994 Jul
223
12.5
100
7.0
323
10.0
1994 May
1994 Jun
228
12.8
101
7.1
329
10.2
1994 Apr
1994 May
226
12.6
106
7.4
332
10.3
1994 Mar
1994 Apr
227
12.7
110
7.7
336
10.5
1994 Feb
1994 Mar
230
12.8
113
7.9
342
10.6
1994 Jan
1994 Feb
231
12.9
115
8.0
346
10.7
1993 Dec
1994 Jan
230
12.8
116
8.0
345
10.7
1993 Nov
1993 Dec
221
12.4
116
8.0
337
10.4
1993 Oct
1993 Nov
222
12.4
115
7.9
337
10.4
1993 Sep
1993 Oct
220
12.3
114
7.9
334
10.3
1993 Aug
1993 Sep
219
12.2
113
7.8
332
10.2
1993 Jul
1993 Aug
216
12.0
114
7.9
329
10.2
1993 Jun
1993 Jul
222
12.4
116
8.1
338
10.5
1993 May
1993 Jun
220
12.2
122
8.4
342
10.5
1993 Apr
1993 May
227
12.6
124
8.6
351
10.8
1993 Mar
1993 Apr
226
12.6
129
8.9
355
11.0
1993 Feb
1993 Mar
235
13.0
127
8.9
363
11.2
1993 Jan
1993 Feb
237
13.1
122
8.5
359
11.1
1992 Dec
1993 Jan
236
13.1
116
8.1
352
10.9
1992 Nov
1992 Dec
228
12.6
113
7.9
341
10.5
1992 Oct
1992 Nov
220
12.1
109
7.7
329
10.2
1992 Sep
1992 Oct
226
12.5
105
7.4
331
10.2
1992 Aug
1992 Sep
224
12.3
97
6.8
321
9.9
1992 Jul
1992 Aug
230
12.6
102
7.2
332
10.2
1992 Jun
1992 Jul
240
13.1
104
7.3
344
10.6
1992 May
1992 Jun
233
12.7
101
7.1
334
10.2
1992 Apr
1992 May
231
12.6
100
7.0
331
10.1
Source (External) Office for National Statistics - Labour Market Theme

Notes:
(1) Data Month: the date of the data presented is the middle month of a three month rolling average, therefore January 2006=the middle month of the three months ending in February 2006
Data updated by the Office for National Statisitics on 7th April 2006

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